Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] a [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tenacious and long-memoried , they had not allowed themselves to be uprooted or changed a second time . |
| 2 | ‘ Consumers do not confuse the availability of good physical facilities with good quality ; such facilities may tempt a consumer to choose a particular shop , but it is the quality of the staff which will determine whether the consumer will buy or return a second time . ’ |
| 3 | After they have turned round under gravity and interacted a second time with the microwaves , the fraction of atoms in the F=4 level is detected and recorded . |
| 4 | She stopped singing when he knocked on the door , but he had to wait and knock a second time before she invited him in . |
| 5 | Only when Chuck reloaded and shot a third time did the animal slowly crumple to the ground and roll onto its side , leaving one great horn curving majestically upward above the tall grass . |